id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-345860-d02x3151 Thome, Johannes The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the medico-legal and human rights of psychiatric patients 2020-05-29 .txt text/plain 1741 75 34 However, during the COVID-19 outbreak, our clinic was informed, without prior consultation or notice, by the district court that judges' visits to acute psychiatric wards in order to review patients under restraint or coercive measures would be discontinued, and that effectively personal hearings would be suspended. This raises the question of how these fundamental values and principles, such as the "respect for individual rights" and the "protection of individuals" [4] , can be translated into the specific medico-legal framework of psychiatry and mental health service provision. ./cache/cord-345860-d02x3151.txt ./txt/cord-345860-d02x3151.txt